Amy Secrist

Tag: spring

  • For My Husband on His Birthday (or, of winter and waiting)

    This winter lasts, but our time moves steadily from its first unfolding, and we find ourselves in the already but not yet of the journey.  Green plants push through dirt beneath the frozen snow.  Sunlight shines through windows covered with a long winter’s filmy grime.  We wait for warmth and wait for wisdom.  We are…

  • A New Year Mantra for Lent

    Three months removed from the start of the year, and embarking on the first week of Lent, it seems fitting to revisit our new year mantra (with a twist into first person): Seek to bring out the good in those around me, and I will find the best in myself. How does this look manifested…

  • Winter Strawberries

    Backing down the drive we see snow and sleet on the cold stones and grass, evidence of winter’s long-clutching grasp on Ohio. We head to church, the grocery, back to church school, and finally home where we hang coats, store mittens, and wash hands. We dice red onion and cooked chicken, slice black olives and grape…